Nrup Balar

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nrup Balar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nrup Balar has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nrup Balar's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (19 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers). Nrup Balar is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (19 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers). Nrup Balar collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Lebanon. Nrup Balar's co-authors include Brendan O’Connor, Harald Ade, Long Ye, Yunpeng Qin, Masoud Ghasemi, Jeromy James Rech, Jianhui Hou, Abay Gadisa, Wei You and Zhengxing Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Materials and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nrup Balar

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability

2021 329 citations Masoud Ghasemi, Nrup Balar et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nrup Balar United States	16	1.3k	1.2k	320	82	50	23	1.4k
Ping‐Hsun Chu United States	13	841 0.6×	736 0.6×	405 1.3×	178 2.2×	21 0.4×	18	1.0k
Qikun Rong China	13	1.2k 0.9×	792 0.7×	327 1.0×	225 2.7×	59 1.2×	28	1.3k
Xueshi Jiang China	16	1.2k 0.9×	843 0.7×	231 0.7×	239 2.9×	25 0.5×	27	1.2k
Peter Kubiš Germany	18	1.4k 1.1×	801 0.7×	262 0.8×	252 3.1×	36 0.7×	27	1.5k
Claudio Girotto Belgium	10	1.1k 0.8×	746 0.6×	224 0.7×	306 3.7×	55 1.1×	12	1.3k
Xinyun Dong China	17	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	501 1.6×	204 2.5×	35 0.7×	27	1.7k
Jooyeok Seo South Korea	21	932 0.7×	767 0.6×	192 0.6×	161 2.0×	70 1.4×	50	1.1k
Luca Lucera Germany	12	1.0k 0.7×	592 0.5×	190 0.6×	113 1.4×	27 0.5×	18	1.0k
Kyeiwaa Asare‐Yeboah China	18	540 0.4×	256 0.2×	262 0.8×	143 1.7×	26 0.5×	41	684

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Balar, Nrup, et al.. (2024). Strain alignment of conjugated polymers: Method, microstructure, and applications. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(7). 102076–102076. 4 indexed citations

Henry, Reece, Nrup Balar, & Harald Ade. (2023). In-Situ Ellipsometry for the Determination of Thermal Transitions and Relaxations in Organic Photovoltaic Materials. Chemistry of Materials. 35(18). 7406–7421. 3 indexed citations

Siddika, Salma, Zhengxing Peng, Nrup Balar, et al.. (2023). Molecular interactions that drive morphological and mechanical stabilities in organic solar cells. Joule. 7(7). 1593–1608. 34 indexed citations

Siddika, Salma, Nrup Balar, Ronald E. Booth, & Brendan O’Connor. (2021). Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Polymer Thin Films Using a Kirigami-Inspired Support. ACS Macro Letters. 10(9). 1107–1112. 7 indexed citations

Ghasemi, Masoud, Nrup Balar, Huawei Hu, et al.. (2021). A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability. Nature Materials. 20(4). 525–532. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

Rech, Jeromy James, Nrup Balar, Wei You, et al.. (2021). Bio-inspired spectropolarimetric sensor based on tandem organic photodetectors and multi-twist liquid crystals. Optics Express. 29(26). 43953–43953. 4 indexed citations

Qin, Yunpeng, Nrup Balar, Zhengxing Peng, et al.. (2021). The performance-stability conundrum of BTP-based organic solar cells. Joule. 5(8). 2129–2147. 214 indexed citations

Peng, Zhengxing, Nrup Balar, Masoud Ghasemi, & Harald Ade. (2021). Upper and Apparent Lower Critical Solution Temperature Branches in the Phase Diagram of Polymer:Small Molecule Semiconducting Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(44). 10845–10853. 8 indexed citations

Song, Runqiao, et al.. (2020). Unveiling the Stress–Strain Behavior of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films for Stretchable Device Applications. Macromolecules. 53(6). 1988–1997. 45 indexed citations

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Balar, Nrup, Salma Siddika, Somayeh Kashani, et al.. (2020). Role of Secondary Thermal Relaxations in Conjugated Polymer Film Toughness. Chemistry of Materials. 32(15). 6540–6549. 38 indexed citations

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Hu, Huawei, Long Ye, Masoud Ghasemi, et al.. (2019). Highly Efficient, Stable, and Ductile Ternary Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells from a Two‐Donor Polymer Blend. Advanced Materials. 31(17). e1808279–e1808279. 94 indexed citations

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Balar, Nrup, Jeromy James Rech, Reece Henry, et al.. (2019). The Importance of Entanglements in Optimizing the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells. Chemistry of Materials. 31(14). 5124–5132. 109 indexed citations

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Balar, Nrup. (2019). Thermomechanical Behavior of Semiconducting Polymers.. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1 indexed citations

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Song, Runqiao, et al.. (2018). Impact of Substrate Characteristics on Stretchable Polymer Semiconductor Behavior. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(3). 3280–3289. 27 indexed citations

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Kim, Joo‐Hyun, Abay Gadisa, Charley Schaefer, et al.. (2017). Strong polymer molecular weight-dependent material interactions: impact on the formation of the polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction morphology. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(25). 13176–13188. 48 indexed citations

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Balar, Nrup & Brendan O’Connor. (2017). Correlating Crack Onset Strain and Cohesive Fracture Energy in Polymer Semiconductor Films. Macromolecules. 50(21). 8611–8618. 70 indexed citations

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Balar, Nrup, Yuan Xiong, Long Ye, et al.. (2017). Role of Polymer Segregation on the Mechanical Behavior of All-Polymer Solar Cell Active Layers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(50). 43886–43892. 43 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Brendan, Omar Awartani, & Nrup Balar. (2017). Morphological considerations of organic electronic films for flexible and stretchable devices. MRS Bulletin. 42(2). 108–114. 17 indexed citations

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Ye, Long, Yuan Xiong, Sunsun Li, et al.. (2017). Precise Manipulation of Multilength Scale Morphology and Its Influence on Eco‐Friendly Printed All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(33). 101 indexed citations

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Ye, Long, Yuan Xiong, Huifeng Yao, et al.. (2016). High Performance Organic Solar Cells Processed by Blade Coating in Air from a Benign Food Additive Solution. Chemistry of Materials. 28(20). 7451–7458. 91 indexed citations

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